Sorry I didn’t write anything last night, folks. Well, actually I wrote quite a lot, but on Mrs. Chili’s blog. We are enjoying a stimulating exchange of political ideas on this post, including what will surely be the longest comment I’ll ever write.
(I was a bit embarrassed at the length this morning. I should have written it on a separate page, and then posted a pointer to it.)
I never enter a political back-and-forth thinking I can change anyone’s mind. I do, however, enjoy the disagreement as a stimulus for critical thought. I think we’re accomplishing that effectively.
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I agree – I was a little scared when that post started taking on a life of its own, but Blue Door readers are a smart and polite bunch, and we’ve managed to have a good, thought-provoking conversation (that’s still going on!).
Lack of what we have experienced together over the past couple of days was a big factor in my leaving Usenet, which was where I burned most of my polemic oil before I started blogging.
When it finally got through to me how small a pond I was swimming in, it wasn’t that hard to pull the plug.